eli5 Why can’t black boxes in Aeroplanes update data to a cloud throughout a flight or after a crash has occured? why do we need to find the physical box?
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The better question is, ‘Why don’t airlines like to spend money unless federally required to do so…’
The better question is, ‘Why don’t airlines like to spend money unless federally required to do so…’
I would imagine a lot of info does get sent out, but over the ocean several miles in the sky it’s not very reliable. The black box is a failsafe for when the absolute worst happens.
I would imagine a lot of info does get sent out, but over the ocean several miles in the sky it’s not very reliable. The black box is a failsafe for when the absolute worst happens.
I would imagine a lot of info does get sent out, but over the ocean several miles in the sky it’s not very reliable. The black box is a failsafe for when the absolute worst happens.
Data is being transmitted, but age of planes limits how much can be sent so we have black boxes (which are actually orange) recording every without a limit on how much they can take in about the condition of the plane.
Also, having a device on the plane as a back up in case of interference with the transmission due to position, weather, other signals ect. would still be something that we’d want on the planes.
Data is being transmitted, but age of planes limits how much can be sent so we have black boxes (which are actually orange) recording every without a limit on how much they can take in about the condition of the plane.
Also, having a device on the plane as a back up in case of interference with the transmission due to position, weather, other signals ect. would still be something that we’d want on the planes.
Data is being transmitted, but age of planes limits how much can be sent so we have black boxes (which are actually orange) recording every without a limit on how much they can take in about the condition of the plane.
Also, having a device on the plane as a back up in case of interference with the transmission due to position, weather, other signals ect. would still be something that we’d want on the planes.
Totally agree, you can make a new black box or call it any way without removing the old, adding redundancy and more possibilities to find at least one of them. Not like jets are sold cheap and they need to cut corners on safety.
Totally agree, you can make a new black box or call it any way without removing the old, adding redundancy and more possibilities to find at least one of them. Not like jets are sold cheap and they need to cut corners on safety.
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